Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-15
FAMOUS UNEQUAL MARRIAGES.


sc. Archer Ia tho BROOKLYN Magazine,
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they were usually recoiueo 'h S.,"u SUI" Wy
~ this "22t August tT7S2D. Al bth, zap
tain Hamilton, aged 10, to Mrs. Munson, n
Iadv oT ,ank ana fortune. aged s5.n We may
al .,,o, =, ,I.,.,ca ot aiohty vaa,s bet,veen
nuo e''" "''''. " ''sS r.,ss,,.,,,
M o'n h" ""' n'' o''" ,','
Ebe, "Robett Judge, esg', o' Nooksou'sn'
Ireland, aged -, to Miss Annie Neugent,
aged IL, ue served in King Williams
wars and recs,yed a ball ia his nose" Par
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anu lensh Oh c""'Sn,P "o," m,.
December (Ebh). Az YORK, MT. ihoh's''
n grenadior In tho Yorkshire militia, nix
feet two inches high, to Miss Hannah Ten.
nicp n, rioar,sm. three feet two inches high,
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Ana ON APrh "'n, hH', y. MP'o,
Mr. Robert Long was married To MISS Key
nard between them there was disparity
both OF age and size " the oriueRroo,n pv'us
thirty-seven years OF age, ana more tnsn
six feet high tho brlde twenty yea.s oiu MI.
little more than three feet high The recoru
ol n marriage In l'IS OF = couple asou 70,
spectiVoly 80 anu ~ conciuues .pus nna
what u sttll moro remarkable, there hau
been a oouTi"h'p carried Oh pe'W'St 'noni 'oi
moro than sthtS years -,,
right that theie shouiu DO soneraly
dinused ieeilng IN society RuVorse 10 tne
marriage oil persons TAR rehoNeo IN years
from one another. Bnt although such mar
rlagos are unequal, they are not always un-
happy one OF the most reinarkaole mar.
riages OF this kinu IN modern Times WAS thAt
OF the Hon. caroline Eiizaoetn Safan Notton'
granddaughter oil kioharu Bripsiey Shefi'
dan, and whose sisters beautiiui anu niKhiy
ginod like herself, became respecuveiy
Duchess OF ) merset ana countess OF Dui-
fefln, mOthor ot the present l'ofu DuHerin,
the great diplomatist The lion. Mrs Nor
ton had been divorced IRON her husband, Tue
Hon. George Chappei Norton, Tor great
many years; she had been connned 10 her
chair 10y rheumatism tor inc previous nVs
years, yet she married SIR William Storllng
Maxwell when she was long past elghty ana
be past sixty. To those VINO thihk that nsr-
riaRe In a merely physical union, not sscrs'
mental friendship OF soul with soui, there
Dlust seem something unnatural IN such
marriage But II the purpose OF marriage pe
cnmpanionship, and not meroly the Proc,ea-
ton OF children, then there may pe SOU ,hlnk
touching ana boautliui IN tne ProecN. Mh
OF strong man thrown around An skeu iorn
and In the union ny marriage OF those VINO
SEQ IN each other tne luhntos .hey ioNo.
In tho following collectlon OF uhequsI
marriages the writer has iolio~ed no one ilne
OF division, whether hased upon age, stAuon,
money or intclilgence Sothe OF .nese ma, mar
risges turned out weii' DINERS uhnapphy.
ln some the very inequality was pond OF
were .peht III feRrettng tno HieNocaoto
step. We say irrevokable, because divorce
cannot oOlitetate the iscl OF marriage, though
IL may hnnui It's legal force. III thefe Do
childfen, the Tics oil nature that oihu theh 10
their parents, even u those parents oe legally
aud socially forever parted rom esch othef'
cannot be sundeTed oy any law court
The clandestine marriage OF George the
Fourth, when frince oi hAleS, win the
beautiful Mrs. tltzhefpefI whose sincere
Roman hhoilc taith protec.eu heT IIoih uis'
honorable proposals, was SohsPcuous IN
stance OF unequal marriage IN rank Mrs
Adams, wife OF John Adams, then American
minister al the Court OF ST. James, In one OF
her letters, speaks oi seeing the pair ~ Dali
al the fIehoh suipA-sauoI Sno says
"lhe frlnce ul wares came hpou' eleNeh
O'Clock MIS- flizherbert was also present.
but l could not distingulsh her' BUT VINO
is the LADY me,hinks near you say. sho
lady OF iashion 10 Nnoni' aeshst the
LAWS OF the real M the ffihce Oh ares IL PIT
yately married. a. Is unequivocaIiy peiieved.
she appears Win MN IN ali publlc Parues,
and he aVows MS marriage wherever ne
daIes' Ihey have peen the Topic on CONVEX.
sation IN all companies iot lonH the' Ahu u
Is nov sala thas young Heoree may oe ~ "a
Pected IN the course OF ue summer. sue
was widow OF thlrty-tNo years Oh ago "noin M
ne long Tune leisecu'eu, ID orue. !" set net
upon ms own terms, put nhuIns ne he W eou'u Nv.
not succeed, no puieteu Der Sonscieuoo py
mstrlmony, "hlch hoseEer .ai"' IN 'hs eye
OF ieaveh ~ SCI hsiue py tno VI 'ie
land, when iofhids prince Oh pioou 10
marry ruuJecI - - .,,,,
lno ,Hat on hussla WA nun -ia''oai,S
married 70 inc Itlhcess poeoro ~ to
no,her OF ipuf Oh hls Vast proou vi Iltss.i-
Hlste ChhuEeh ~ Iea's tie NM iaso "aa %
eenefaily ttPofteu l" pave .aheh pIa:e NJ .ne
close OF lS>"' ana INC report WIS ho' '"h''a
ulCteu' -,.,
inc iflheess houlTe, OF hnehnu ma, mar fieu M
soclslIy teheAth het Wueh sue Neuoou the
MARQUIS OF Lorne, IN ls,L IL was stated Dy
MI u!hdstohe IN the Rouse OF commons